iTunes Music Review - Never Let Me Down [ECD]

It must be a lonely place to be considered David Bowie's worst album by just about everyone, including the artist himself. As the last album before Bowie "rebooted" and formed the band Tin Machine, "Never Let Me Down" has its problems rather clearly laid out: the songwriting, while not Bowie's best, may be there but the album is virtually obliterated by miserable production. While nearly all of Bowie's other albums have a timeless quality, Never Let Me Down stinks of 1987 pretty foully. Synthesizer choices, far too much emphasis on the inclusion of Peter Frampton as lead guitarist, and gated echoes on just about everything make most of the songs - nearly the entire second half - difficult to listen to. Unfortunately, there are some good songs here, but their individual flair is sadly lost in a generic haze.